Glendale National Cemetery

Glendale National Cemetery is a 2.1-acre United States national cemetery in Henrico County, Virginia. It was established on 7 May 1866, one of six national cemeteries established in the Richmond-Petersburg area in 1866. 1,192 fallen soldiers who died in battle at Glendale and Malvern Hill, in hospitals at Harrison's Landing, and elsewhere in the vicinity during the Americann Civil War were buried there, with only 234 names being known. When the cemetery was created, it was under 2 acres; during the 1870s, the US Army built a brick Second Empire-style lodge, the superintendent's home and office. An inverted cannon was installed in the walkway between the lodge and the flagstaff, and a bronze plaque with the number of known and unknown burials was affixed to the gun monument. It was closed to new interments after 2005.